Hardcover
1973 · New York
by Buck, Percy C.
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc, 1973. Hardcover. G (Ex-art library, with labels on spines, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pockets; otherwise clean; missing two volumes from full 8-vol. set..). 6 vols. Orange stamped cloth with lavender and color title blocks and gilt letters on spines, various paginations, some music staff illus. Six of the eight volumes that make up this set, which is a reprint of the 1929 edition. Approaches the topic chronologically: with Introductory volume; v. I: The polyphonic period, Part I, method of musical art, 330-1400, v. II: The polyphonic period, Part II, method of musical art, 1400-c.1600; v. III: The music of the seventeenth century; v. VI: The romantic period; and v. VII: Symphony and drama, 1850-1900. (The two volumes missing are: v. IV: The age of Bach and Handel; and v. V: The Viennese period.).
(Inventory #: 158113)